Today, after doing all the laundry, we took a trip off base to visit a couple of churches that interested Diane. We wanted to visit an AAA office along the way, but they apparently do not exist in Tucson. Nope. Just insurance agents and auto repair that preface their names with AAA.

The first church Diane found was Holy Cross Lutheran about 30 miles from the base, but still in Tucson proper. It was about a 40-minute drive in the afternoon traffic. It may be closer, but it seemed like 30 miles.

The church is small, like we are used to, but the distance is too much for us old people. Plus, service starts at 0900. So, we went looking for the 2nd church. She plugged in the address the GPS took us to an empty lot in an elevated neighborhood in the Tucson foothills.

With no church at the 2nd location, we took it as an omen that we probably should just go to the base chapel. Service starts at 1130 which makes it more appealing. Then we plugged in the address for the base and got back in record time. The route home took us from the empty lot, over a small hill and to Craycroft Ave., the street that runs directly to the main gate. So, it was a fairly quick trip back.

Max was happy to get home because he wore himself out during the ride as he did his best to see everything that was moving outside the car. He was pretty busy, so I made sure the A/C was aimed directly on him all the time. He thanked me with nod. We immediately took a walk when we got back, dropping the boxes we received from UPS just before we left.

The box was from Jennifer, Diane’s first daughter, and it contained all the pills that we received at home. Now I’ve got enough pills to last me 3 months. That’s about the time we leave this place and head out. Diane has a new plan for our return which I will share as we go. It will be easier that way because everything is subject to change and I’d get all confused trying to correct the schedule if I blurted it all out at once.

I can share that her plan is to make the trip home with short jaunts of 125 miles, or so, then stay a week wherever we land. Sounds like fun to me.

Last night when I took Max on his last walk of the day, the moon was doing it’s best to peek around the clouds. Yes, there are actual clouds here. Surprised me, too.

The quality of the photo is deceiving because it almost looks like the sun peeking out. It’s not. It’s the moon. Here’s what it looked like the other direction, where the sun was hiding.

Tricky, huh?

I took photos on our trip today, but none of them are very good so I’ll spare your eyes. Just think about lots of adobe-colored domains and office buildings. There was also a lot of stunning landscapes. Perhaps we’ll take that trip again and maybe Diane will drive a little slower, so the photos aren’t blurred.

It’s only 1700 right now, early actually, but time to shut down. We’ve been watching Castle on TV for a while and both of us are perfectly relaxed. TV is like a sedative. Think I’ll take a nap before bedtime.